Where does “hacke” come from?

hacke (German) comes from Middle High German hacke, from Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic hakkōną, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.

hacke (German): very drunk; inflection of hacken: ## first-person...

Definitions

  1. very drunk; inflection of hacken: ## first-person...

Ancestry of “hacke”, step by step

hacke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German hacke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhacke
2Middle High Germanhacken
3Old High Germanhacchōn
4Proto-West Germanichakkōnto hack, to chop
5Proto-GermanichakkōnąTo hack; chop; To hoe
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

via Middle Low German hakke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhakke
2Proto-Germanichak(k)-

Words derived from “hacke

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg-Every word from Proto-Germanic hakkōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn